MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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